The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-10-06


eleven .boussnd empty chairs on The fiool
So he stood ou. ia the cold one hitter ds
shiyering. and as soon as the keeper opcr
ed the door be ran up 10 front and locke
At the empty chars aud wondered whu
brought so many people together. He "a
down 10 front seat and began 70 think
was preaching at him. and the result wa
ths, be became . Christian man. He wen
to see the empty chairs and he found
loving Christ suppose Soma OF yo
came for just abou. such motive. Thi
young man here says. II came 10 fratif
my mother. Ny mother was very anxiou
thst / should come" Well. / an glat
you came, even il you came from no hctte
motive Ifa man or woman has come her,
with desire TO seek the Lord want 1,
tell you that you can find Him here to,
night A class Of people have an Idea thsl
st certain seasons they can seek and fnt
the Lord. aud that whom there Is no gen.
eral interest manifested. no special meet
| ings held and no particular effort put
forth, there is no chance for salvation
That is sll false. There is not man OF
woman here having the faintest desire tc
become a child OF God but may become
one. Not one here but can become o
Christian. You may tonight here aud now
change your mind and become child oil
God, become an heir to glory, and have
our name written 10 the lambs book oi
lIfe
remem Der after being out OF Glasgow
Tor eight years / returned. and at one of
the first meetings held gentleman came
up to me and desired to thank me for lead
ing him TO Christ | said. "Wiil you tell
me- when aud where aud how it was accom-.
pIisbed?" He said, Il didn't believe 10
you when yon were here eight years ago
and | didut believe in the gospel you
preached, but along about the las. meeting
you held 10 the City Hall about the time
yop we're leaving there friend persuaded
me to go one night, and | went to pleas
that friend did not think to be con
verted i arrived there late. and could
not get a seat. and stood by the door
leauiDg against the post looking up at the
roof He was a builder and be was look
iDg to see how the roof was built. He
said, "Al at once you stopped and pointed
right down TO the door and said, Young
man, will you take eternal life tonight as
a eift2' said, Take eternal life as gift?
Well ! would be fool if l wouldn't.
took my hand out Of my pocket and | SAID
Yes, / will take eternal life for gift
God received me then and there, and be
has kept me eight years. There was q
man who came with no thought OF getting
eternal life, aud be got il. l call your at
tention TO the principle that will bring
you into the kingdom OF God il you will
only receive the gift. "Seek the Lord
while he may be found call upon him
while he is near" 1t does not say "Seek
feeling. or experience" Lots OF people
think they are seeking after the Lord when
they are seeking after other peoples ex-
perience. and because God does not come
to them as he would come to some relative
or friend OF whom they know they
think the Lord is not going to save them,
Out Of oil the millions Of people saved on
this earth, do not believe any two have
been saved exactly alike II we were
going to make them We would probably
make them all OF one form, and of the
same size. and have them alike A great
many people think because another is not
converted as they were that they are not
converted. A man in my town was con-
vefted down in tho meadow on the moving
machine, and he advised everybody TO 60
down on the meadow. heard OF another
who was converted under railroad bridge
aud he advised everybody TO go down
under the bridge and call upon the Lord
to save them. Because the Lord has saved |
someone 10 certain way he is not to save
you in the same way. have beard many |
ssy that they we're converted like st. PAIL |
But believe that conversion stands alone |
and no one else will ever be converted like |
st. Paul. We don't want st. Paul's ex-
perience; we want to feel for ourselves |
Do not mark out a way for God to save |
you. Suppose Bartimeus heard OF the
man in Jerusalem who got his eyesight.
SO he goes up one day and finds that man,
and he says to him. "Are you the man that
ives born biud?' Yes How did you
get your sight?' Well, q man spit upon
The ground and took up bit OF mud and
rubbed IT upon my eyes and then sent
me TO the pool OF Sloan TO wash; while
washed got my sight Says the other,
i don't believe you got il in that way.
Well wby2' He didn't spit on the ground
and put the mud upon my eyes, and he
didn't send me to the pool OF s;iloam to
wash; he just told me | was restored.
Bot, says the blind man 4 see as we'll Is
you do" So you see there are variety ot
ways for men being saved, and therefore
YOU don't want TO say that God cannot
save You tonight. II you ''seek the Lord
while be may be found you can
ind him here tonight. You haven't got
10 go up to bring Christ down, 'but the
word OF faith we preach, and 'the words
speak unto you they are spirit and they
sre life. aud il you believe the word OF
God yon have the eternal gift OF life. You
aave no need 10 go to Yale or Harvard to
earn ho~ TO believe. II is the most
natural thing for a man 70 believe or not
10 believe. nan brings you statement
md you have power TO believe it or not
II you want eierasi life just call upon the
Lord this very moment. You need not
ait until YOU get home, but call upon